France, along with seven other EU countries, asked the European Commission, on Tuesday 30 April, to assess the measures taken by the United Kingdom with regard to fishing bans, in order to evaluate the possibility of imposing sanctions on the country which withdrew from the EU on 31 January 2020.
On 22 March, the UK decided to ban bottom fishing in 13 of its marine protected areas. This measure applies to both British and EU fishers.
Jean-Noël Barrot, the French Minister Delegate for...